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The Supreme Court handed down a decision this week against x-high schooler Joseph Frederick who created the banner “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” during a parade in support of the Winter Olympics.

“It remains to be seen what far-reaching effects the decision will have on students' free-speech rights. There's still a great deal of confusion regarding the issue since there are really no hard-and-fast rules concerning what forms of speech are acceptable when you're a student — and which ones could land you in front of a judge.”

When students ask Witold "Vic" Walczak — the legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania — for a general rule of thumb when it comes to students' First Amendment rights, "What I usually tell them is, if it involves political or religious speech, you've got fairly extensive rights. Beyond that, not so much. Truth be told, students did not have significant expressive rights before now, except when it dealt with religious and political [matters]." MTV

Me: Damn… were did those free speech rights go?
Answer: Did you check between the cushions of the supreme court?

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